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Mifflin & Centre County Railroad
In 1863, the Pennsylvania Railroad, authorized to assist railroads auxiliary to its own,
furnished 81.8 percent of the capital needed to build and operate the Mifflin &
Centre County Railroad Co. The M&CC
branch extended seven miles (11 kilometers) north from Lewistown Junction, Granville Township, through
Lewistown borough, to Reedsville. The railroad would bridge the river gap between the
PRR main line and Lewistown, to
capture the business of the Logan Iron & Steel Works and the Freedom Iron Works
(the predecessor of Standard Steel Works) in Burnham, a community on the northern
outskirts of Lewistown. Immediately upon completion of the
M&CC in 1865,
the Pennsy took control of it, and
extended the road another 5.4 miles (8.7 kilometers) north from Reedsville to Milroy by 1868, and began to
serve the Naginey limestone quarries as well.
At that time there was alot of railroad talk in Belleville, and it is thought that a few
of the future KV directors
confronted the railroad with the proposition of extending a line through the valley.
The Pennsy, however, bit off more than it
could chew. The M&CC road was
originally surveyed north into Milesburg, Centre County, and the right-of-way was fully secured,
but it never built beyond Milroy because of the mounting costs. This must have greatly dampened
its appetite for further expansion in the area, and any plans of pushing these
PRR rails into either Centre County or
Kishacoquillas Valley were soon forgotten.
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Kishacoquillas Valley R.R.
TIMETABLE |
| (Read down) |
Dist. |
Leave |
STATIONS |
Arrive |
(Read up) |
| Week Days |
Week Days |
| 8817 |
8815 |
8813 |
8812 |
8814 |
8816 |
| PM |
AM |
AM |
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AM |
PM |
PM |
| 3:55 |
11:45 |
5:55 |
0 |
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Belleville |
8:50 |
2:45 |
6:20 |
| 3:58 |
11:48 |
5:57 |
1.0 |
F |
Cold Water |
8:47 |
2:43 |
6:18 |
| 4:01 |
11:51 |
6:00 |
1.8 |
F |
Union Mills |
8:44 |
2:41 |
6:15 |
| 4:04 |
11:54 |
6:02 |
2.5 |
F |
Gibboney |
8:41 |
2:38 |
6:12 |
| 4:07 |
11:57 |
6:04 |
3.2 |
F |
Inwood |
8:39 |
2:36 |
6:10 |
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PM |
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| 4:12 |
12:02 |
6:08 |
4.3 |
F |
Kishacoquillas |
8:33 |
2:30 |
6:05 |
| 4:14 |
12:04 |
6:10 |
5.0 |
F |
Taylor |
8:31 |
2:28 |
6:03 |
| 4:20 |
12:09 |
6:15 |
6.7 |
F |
Hooley |
8:26 |
2:22 |
5:58 |
| 4:25 |
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6:21 |
9.0 |
F |
Lumber City |
8:19 |
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5:52 |
| 4:27 |
12:16 |
6:23 |
9.3 |
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KV Jct. |
8:17 |
2:12 |
5:50 |
| 4:35 |
12:25 |
6:31 |
9.6 |
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Reedsville |
8:15 |
2:10 |
5:48 |
| 4:41 |
12:31 |
6:37 |
11.7 |
F |
Yeagertown |
8:00 |
1:46 |
5:39 |
| 4:44 |
12:36 |
6:41 |
12.5 |
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Burnham |
7:57 |
1:43 |
5:37 |
| 4:48 |
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6:45 |
14.6 |
F |
Walnut St. |
7:50 |
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| 4:54 |
12:47 |
6:48 |
15.0 |
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Chestnut St. |
7:47 |
1:33 |
5:27 |
| 4:56 |
12:50 |
6:50 |
15.4 |
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Main St. |
7:45 |
1:30 |
5:25 |
| 5:00 |
12:55 |
6:55 |
16.1 |
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Lewistown |
7:40 |
1:25 |
5:20 |
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Leave |
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F. Stops only on signal or notice to Agent or Conductor to receive or
discharge passengers.
Not Responsible. This railroad is not responsible for errors in time tables,
inconvenience or damage resulting from delayed trains or failure to make
connections; schedules herein are subject to change without notice.
J.P.Getter, President |
In 1928, the KV took over from the
PRR, passenger service between Reedsville
and Lewistown
(see KV Takes Over M&CC Passenger Service).
At that time passenger service was discontinued from Milroy. The
Pennsy continued running freight along
the line and therefore continued to maintain the track and roadway.
The KV made regular stops between
Reedsville and Lewistown, except for Yeagertown and Walnut street which were flag stops.
The rails of the old M&CC were
torn up by Conrail in the early 1980's between
Milroy and Burnham. In January 1996, Conrail
put up for sale its "Lewistown Cluster" (the old M&CC
and the S&LR lines).
The SEDA-COG
Joint Rail Authority purchased them and created the Juniata Valley Railroad. This little
railroad with its tuscan red SW8 locomotive, reminiscent of the old
PRR from years gone by, still travels
between Burnham and Lewistown where it connects with the Norfolk Southern, delivering
material to and from the Standard Steel Works.
(View photos of the JVRR at
www.railfanusa.com.)
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